CTNF 18/639,224 CTNF 83053 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Priority 02-26 AIA Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on April 18, 2024 and August 15, 2025 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner. Claim Objections 07-29-01 AIA Claim 9 is objected to because of the following informalities: a comma should be inserted after claim number . Appropriate correction is required. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-30-01 AIA The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a): (a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention. The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112: The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. There appears to be no adequate description in the specification for the claim limitation of “forming an anode electrode in the micro light emitting element, the anode electrode formed in a first layer on the substrate; forming a first active pattern and a second active pattern on a second layer above the first layer in which the anode electrode is formed”; forming a first opening (broad limitation) in the first insulating layer”, as recited in claim 1; “forming a second opening to expose the anode electrode” (note: paragraph [0078] discloses that “the micro light emitting element may include a first semiconductor layer 120 provided on the substrate 110, a light emitting layer 125 provided on the first semiconductor layer 120, and a second semiconductor layer 128 provided on the light emitting layer 125; Figs. 16-18, 21, 25 and corresponding paragraphs [0104]-[0107], [0109] and [0113] disclose that an anode electrode (i.e. first electrode 235) is formed on a second semiconductor layer 230 of a micro light emitting element; a first active pattern and a second active pattern are formed from a first layer 238; a first via hole (narrow limitation) 248 is formed in a second insulating layer 243; and a second via hole 260 is formed to expose the first electrode). 07-30-02 AIA The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b): (b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph: The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention. 07-34-01 Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. 07-34-03 AIA The term " about " in claim 6 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term " about " is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention. Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-07 AIA 07-97 12-51-07 Claim s 1-9 are allowed. 13-03-01 AIA The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The prior art of record does not teach or suggest, singularly or in combination, at least the limitations of “forming a first via hole in the first insulating layer to expose the second source region or the second drain region of the switching transistor; and forming a gate electrode of the driving transistor in the first via hole to be in contact with the second source region or the second drain region of the switching transistor”, as recited in claim 1 . 07-43-01 AIA Claim s 1-9 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action. Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. 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